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3 unusual facts about State Bank of Pakistan


May 2008 in Pakistan

May 23: Pakistan stocks slumped the most in almost two years, with all equities on the benchmark index falling, after the central bank unexpectedly raised interest rates to tame inflation at a 25-year high.

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has halted indefinitely all exchange companies from exporting British Pound, Euro and Dirham, meanwhile, the dollar in open market still got costlier.

State Bank of Pakistan

In May, 1948 Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Founder of Pakistan) took steps to establish the State Bank of Pakistan immediately.


Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar Road

Most of the headquarters of Pakistan's financial institutions are located on the I. I. Chundrigar Road, including the State Bank of Pakistan which is Pakistan's central bank, major Banks like Habib Bank Plaza, MCB Tower, National Bank of Pakistan, Bank Al-Falah, Standard Chartered Bank, CitiBank, etc.


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